You hear the term "melting pot" applied to the American Experience over and over again, but it seldom hits home until you put a face on those that are "melting." Esta Freeland Cox is one of those faces. Her grandmother was an emigrant from Wales and her father from English ancestry. Racy stories of early family members serving at the King's court in London can be found on one side of the family, as well as knights fighting Moors. Interspersed among the famous are lists of those common folk: farmers, small business owners, men and woman, miners, and entrepreneurs. Among them all is found this...

"Words of Wisdom" is a book about living, and the wisdom garnered from 93 years of hard work, raising a family, watching loved ones pass away yet persevering. How does one presevere in life and not be overcome by the flood of tragedy and sorrow that we find at times? How does one learn to celebrate the gifts we all enjoy or should enjoy in life? Esta Freeland Cox hopes to pass on some thoughts on these subjects, together with some bits of wisdom picked up over a life time. She hopes you enjoy these reflections on life and living, and that you will be blessed by their impact on your life.

Esta Freeland Cox has written multiple books about her family, her life through the depression era, outliving two husbands, and raising her kids. This 95 year old author has weathered the storm of being raise poor, family bankruptcy, and struggles, but always her faith in Jesus has brought her through for the next day's battles. It is this idea of struggling and surviving just one more day, just "One Day at a Time" that made this book come alive. Friends and family encouraged, if not cajoled, her into writing a daily devotional for them all to read. The idea was that the book was to make her...